Okay. He's never won a Grammy, but that doesn't mean this comedian doesn't have good taste in music.

PO: It's like sitting on Uncle Punk's lap: "Oh, yes. You want to pierce that? You want to burn the White House down? Fine. You're of that age." Something sweet about that.

Billy Bob Thornton with the Peasall Sisters, "Road to Kaintuck," from Anchored in Love

ESQ: Gorgeous hillbilly tune from a new June Carter Cash tribute.

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PO: I thought I'd hate this, but it's beautiful. This would be terrific late at night on the car radio. Billy Bob really adds something to the song. Isn't that bizarre?

TV on the Radio,"Wolf Like Me," from Live at Amoeba Music

ESQ: A blistering tune from an EP recorded at the L.A. record store.

PO: Even better than the version I love. They can do no wrong.

Stardeath and White Dwarfs, "The Progressive," from Stardeath and White Dwarfs

ESQ: A Modest Mouse-styled song from Flaming Lips protégés.

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PO: This is background music for a coffee shop filled with furniture that photographs well but isn't meant to be sat on. It's also music for very thin people to look vaguely dissatisfied to. So if you're surrounded by horrible people and hard furniture, this is your song.

Kelly Willis, "Success," from Translated from Love

ESQ: Country's classiest voice takes on Iggy Pop's "Success."

PO: There's a buried country spirit to the original. She was smart to spot it. Good spotting, Kelly!

As part of the Comedians of Comedy ensemble, Patton Oswalt regularly tours punk clubs instead of laugh shacks. He's currently following up an appearance at Coachella with a tour supporting his new record, Werewolves and Lollipops. Due to his numerous TV gigs, you may also know him as "that guy from that show."